160 likes | 387 Views
The Butterfly Life Cycle. Assignemt 3a EDN113 - Living and Learning with Technology. Group Members. Emily Chapman Zhibing Li Sarah Busteed. Student Cohort. After Studying the Australian Curriculum we decided to direct our Wiki towards Year 3 students learning Life in Science.
E N D
The Butterfly Life Cycle Assignemt 3a EDN113 - Living and Learning with Technology
GroupMembers • Emily Chapman • Zhibing Li • Sarah Busteed
Student Cohort • After Studying the Australian Curriculum we decided to direct our Wiki towards Year 3 students learning Life in Science. • http://det.wa.edu.au/curriculumsupport/k10syllabus/detcms/navigation/science/?page=2&tab=Main#toc2 • We decided to use Butterflies as an example of the life cycle process as suggested by the Curriculum.
Assignment 3a – Teacher Group Project • Assignment 3a required us to present our work in the form of a Wiki. • We named our Wiki according to the student Learning task we selected – The Butterfly Life Cycle
Navigating the Wiki • We decided that the best way to navigate between pages on our Wiki would be to have a menu bar at the top of each page. • This was very effective and helpful not only for us while creating the Wiki but also for users of the resource.
Resources for Teachers • According to the Unit Guide we found appropriate resources in each of the following areas: • Interactive Whiteboard tools from The Learning Federation • Useful and informative Websites • Movies from both YouTube and TeacherTube • Useful Documents • Social Networking site Diigo
Authentic Task for Students • The Authentic Task involves students using a camera to take photos in the classroom of different stages of butterfly life and using Photo Story to display their findings. • We have included a 'how to' for students to use the Photo Story as well as documents for students to complete during the butterfly cycle using printed photos and drawings.
Chrysalis Kit • Chrysalis Kits are available from Bugshop.com
Story Book Document • Sarah Created a story book document where students can glue a copy of the photo and draw what they see.
Conclusion Technology plays a key role in today’s modern society has become extremely vital and essential for individuals in the classroom. Created a wiki for teachers technology resources that can be shared and utilized between students and teachers are well suggested and useful in the classroom. Blackboard and chalk are now outdated and obsolete and can essentially exist in a museum. In most classrooms today, the results of using technology have greater influence on enhancing students’ learning.
References 1 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queen_Butterfly.jpg?uselang=zh-cn http://www.flickr.com/photos/floridamemory/3341375526/sizes/o/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiger6300/galleries/72157629138762640 Department of Education.( 2012) . Science. Retrieved from http://det.wa.edu.au/curriculumsupport/k10syllabus/detcms/navigation/science/?page=2&tab=Main#toc2 The Learning Federation. (2011). Part of a Pattern. Retrieved 10/05/2012 from : http://econtent.thelearningfederation.edu.au/ec/p/home Opler, Paul A., Kelly Lotts, and Thomas Naberhaus. 2011. The Children's Butterfly Site. Butterfly and Moth Information Network.http://www.kidsbutterfly.org/(02/05/2012).
Reference 2 The Magic of Life Trust. (2008). Retrieved 10/05/2012 from The Magic of Life Butterfly House website: http://www.magicoflife.org/Life_Cycles.pdf San Diego Supercomputer Center. (2006). Retrieved 10/05/2012 from SDSC website: https://edn113-2012-groupproject.wikispaces.com/file/view/Butterfly+Story+Book.pdf Diigo.(2011).Retrieved May 02,2012, from http://www.diigo.com/ JAKESONLINE.org.(2005). Retrieved 08/05/2012 from JAKESONLINE.org website http://www.jakesonline.org/photostory.pdf InPhotomation.(2008).Photo Story 3 Tutorial [Video file]. Retrieved 08/05/2012,from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0oH9qE9qEY
Reference 3 Adamson, K. 2009. The Life Cycle of a Butterfly. Retrieved from http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?title=The_Life_Cycle_of_a_Butterfly&video_id=81645 Dscottprod. (2008, May 23). Complete Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AUeM8MbaIk Emmallynch. (2010, May 24). Life Cycle of a Butterfly. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx7IB2J_ovg&feature=related Goonieslvr. (2008, May 1). Kindigarten Butterfly Life Cycle. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY8bAQ5iz5s Kcalabrese1. 2009. The Four Stages of Butterfly Life Cycle. Retrieved from http://www1.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=138077